Looking at the Stars is one of the best, if not the BEST book I have ever read. With great descriptions and a gripping plot, I think it should win an award - my highest compliments to the author!
This book is all about a thirteen year old girl called Amima and her
imagination. She lives in a country (which I guessed was somewhere in the Middle-East due to the traditions spoken about in the book) that has a very strict government, meaning that one step out of line equals big trouble. But when her brother joins a secret underground movement he brings trouble to the whole family. The brutality of government officials means that their mother decides that it is best for her and what is left of her family to leave Tala for a hopefully better life. At the checkpoint, newly-installed government laws mean that not all of the family can make it through, so Amima and her sister must continue their journey alone. Once they gain entry to the only refugee camp in the country they meet Aron, his brother Leon and their mother, who have been through similar experiences. But Amima only has one thing on her mind: reuniting her family. She begins to tell her stories and slowly she brings the whole camp together.
I love this book, particularly the characters; my favourite one would have to be the main character Amima. She speaks her mind and is bold and imaginitive. I particularly like the way her character develops and how she grows to be much more compassionate towards her sister and Aron in particular!
The imagery and description is something I would also like to compliment the author on; I always knew the scene and what was going on, which in my opinion is quite hard when you are writing about something like this.
In conclusion, I think that Jo Cotterill is an amazing author and I shall be very upset if there is no sequel; when there is, I shall be first in line to buy it!
Thank you very much for this book, I seriously do mean it when I say that it is one of the best that I have ever read!!!!!
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